Yvette Garcia KTSW News While many college students will be soaking up the sun this week, there will be a group of Bobcats preparing for a big event that takes place after spring break. Bobcat Build is a student run organization; it’s run for students by students. Their mission is to give back to the community of San Marcos for all of their support given towards Texas State University. Bobcat […]
Elise Laird KTSW News Spring break is a time for leisure fun in the sun for some of the college students at Texas State, but what about the professors? What do they do during their week off? Assistant professor of trombone and jazz studies, Doctor Martin McCain, has anything but a break. He and his nine students, The Hill Country Jazz Bones, have won the national, jazz, trombone ensemble competition […]
Texas State University is waiting for a decision by the Texas Legislature concerning funding for the proposed Engineering and Science Building. The University has submitted a funding request for $83 million dollars and expects a decision sometime in May. The building is being planned in response to the overwhelming number of applications to the new Engineering Program, which is already outgrowing its space in the Mitte Building. University Vice President, […]
Andrea Rodriguez KTSW News The Office of Disability Service serves students with a number of disabilities including: learning disabilities, all types of physical disabilities, chronic health issues, students who are deaf and hard of hearing, visual impairment, attention deficit disorder, and that’s not exhausted list by any means. According to Texas State University’s Office of Disability Services mission, their goal is to “ensure that students with disabilities have equal access […]
Glen Purvis KTSW News The announcement last Monday that Pope Benedict XVI will step down shocked many in the catholic community. Pastor Brian Eilers of Our Lady of Wisdom University Parish said the announcement was completely unexpected after only eight years with the current Pope. Many have begun to wonder who will be selected to lead the Church next. There has been speculation that the next pope may come from […]
Isamar Terrazas KTSW News Earlier this month, the San Marcos Polar Plunge event took place. Polar Plunge is an event through Special Olympics that is done all throughout Texas. The event allows individuals or groups to sign up and raise money prior to the Polar Plunge event and then on the day of the event those same individuals jump into the cold waters to show their support. The event takes […]
Danielle Rucker KTSW News Foster Care Alumni Creating Educational Success also known as FACES is a project helping students who grew up in foster care attend college and have the help they need along the way. National statistics show that only five to eleven percent of children in the foster care system ever go to college and just two to three percent graduate. The program’s goal is the retention and […]
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